Anybody else find this ITT depressing today? Bobby J. out, Levi tanked. Floyd, George, and everybody else pretty lackluster. "Discovery" looking like they couldn't find their own front door, let alone discover anything. Today is the first day I have really missed, in a palpable way, having Lance out on that course. God, I can't wait til we get to the mountains.
Honchar is no slouch, having been the World TT champ some 6 years ago! Kinda cool, too, that he's now the first EVER from Ukraine to wear the maillot jaune.
I do know what you mean about missing LA on the TT course, it was so fun watching him in his element! But that was then, and this is now... methinks we'll all end up w/ a better appreciation for a large number of riders who were overshadowed during the Lance days. Again - I really am disappointed that few if any of the Americans (according to all reports I've seen) didn't bother to check out the course prior to today. That was probably the 1 thing that Lance did better than anyone else - preparation.
Yes, very much so. I'm extremely disappointed in George's time. I expected him (and Dave Zabriskie) to finish in the top 5 at least - according to all the hype. And who knows what happened to Team Discovery. T-Mobile is pretty hot after this ITT... Would be pretty interesting if Jan Ullrich and Oscar Sevilla were still part of the team.
And yes, very sad about Bobby Julich's injury...